Homes

Dear Debbie: We will be selling our house in the fall and want to give it some added curb appeal. Would there be much work and expense involved in putting in a new front door? I was thinking of adding side glass panels, not sure if this is a mistake.

Helen Chesnut >F3

Mike Holmes >E2

Dear Reena: I own two cookbooks that carry a heavy cigarette odour. Can this cigarette smell be removed? Doreen Dear Doreen: Begin by hanging the books on the clothesline outside on a sunny day.

VIRAGS meeting. The Victoria Rock and Alpine Society meets Tuesday at 7: 30 p.m. in Gordon Head United Church, 4201 Tyndall Ave.

Plain 1952 California home transformed into modern gem

The 2012 CARE awards celebrate the best in Vancouver Island homebuilding

Prefab homes come of age, promise to be efficient, green and easy

Marilyn Prior never thought she would own any home, let alone a brand-new one in Victoria.

Kiwis are fun to have in a garden but, like fig trees, they put on outrageous quantities of growth and require a fair amount of pruning. I prune in January and again in August to relieve congestion in the rambunctious spring and early-summer growth.